Ruth Briggs, 74, a World War II aide to Gen. Dwight...

July 4, 1985

BRISTOL, R.I. — Ruth Briggs, 74, a World War II aide to Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, died Tuesday. Briggs joined the Women's Army Corps in 1942 and was in the first group of WAC officers sent abroad before joining the Eisenhower unit in Europe.